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Hassett at the 1:28 mark of the round. Gray was paid $ 12,500 for the bout. Cuevas was quoted in a Reuters news story as saying, "It was an easier fight than I expected. I thought it would go on a bit longer."
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On August 6, 1977, Gray fought WBA world welterweight champion José (Pipino) Cuevas at the
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